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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOM-C39200
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Iron Age copper alloy brooch of La Tene 1B, c. 400-200 BC. The surviving portion of the brooch comprises of the bow and catchplate, missing the foot, chord and pin.
The bow is highly arched and plano-convex in cross section, 9.8mm wide and 4.3mm thick at the mid point. Above the bow narrows and terminates in a worn, patinated break, with similar below, but with an integral catchplate projecting out to the right. The bow is decorated with a central longitudinal groove, probably with incised transverse lines running down its length (obscured by corrosion). The overall length is 33.3mm, it weighs 4.61g.
Hawkes and Hull (1987: plates 28-30) illustrate a number of brooches of similar form and decoration, identified as their type 1B, although its fragmentary nature would suggest caution should be applied.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa 200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.3 mm
Width: 9.8 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 4.61 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019288
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Horndean (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7113
Four figure Latitude: 50.91210915
Four figure longitude: -0.99146264
1:25K map: SU7113
1:10K map: SU71SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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